Here's some things to consider.
My character, my vort, did not wish to align immediately with the random spontaneous rebels who turned up to his home overnight. He had been living in Bucharest for a fair bit up to that point, it was clear from his character that he was someone who aligned himself with Romania and Romanian identities. The accent, the Romanian language being spoken, the Christ cross around his neck, the fact he ran a bakery that sold
traditional Romanian baked goods; this is all clear evidence he was serious about that national identity; you cannot in good faith say you had no idea, because I did everything except say outright in OOC "yeah he is from bucharest" to show who he was.
Overnight, a group of rebels decide to turn up on the day that the president gets gatted and assassinated. In that city, there were 2 factions to side with: CTE, the literal Xenian Traffickers, or NG, the authoritarian militia. There was no Orsted, no ATLAS, none of that; from a character perspective, it's either the people who will enslave you, or the people who will begrudgingly protect you so long as you're cooperative and friendly to them.
So what if I was helping the guard out? Not a single fucking one of you rebels tried making any kind of effort to reach out properly to talk or interact, not a single one. I'd maybe see a couple familiar faces, but those were almost certainly other business owners, because at least they were people whom I could come on by, chat with, and lend a hand like a
good neighbour. I chose the Guard because who the fuck else would you choose in that situation? If I really had a choice I'd just want to be able to operate safely and not align with anyone, but I'm a business and I need customers somehow. None of you lot bothered to make yourselves as consistent or regular customers, the only people who would consistently come on by to chat and to buy were NG and for a brief time the Infestation Control people.
What I think is absolute dogshite and completely egregious of the rebel side is that they feel that just by working with the guard, someone deserves a PK. They aren't the Combine, this isn't some "loyalist" situation, this is one side of the Resistance butting heads against the other. Making it stick where someone working with the NG could be under PK auths sets a horrible precedent that means someone could make a cell, call it something like "The Knives of Thanatos", and then get PK auths on people for being affiliated with factions they've had conflict with (which can be as short and simple as "they did not give us supplies for their safety, so now we will kill them to send a message").
But, in this case, the PK seems to have stemmed from the mind probing. That is what the auths were granted over, and were granted specifically to
@Sassyy (unless I am mistaken). Having that mindprobing be apart of your character is fine and fair, and if your character wants to run with a feeling of "I was mentally violated and scarred by this" then that's fine, but that's on
you, not me. I know about as much as you do in how the mind probing process goes, which is why I immediately asked in /help that I was about to do it and wanted some advice on the matter.
@Numbers said it was a bit OP and insane and I explained to him that it was going to be a more simple, fun process that'll put the control entirely in the hands of the people, not me.
90% of the actual probing was me giving general prompts and leaving it up to you on how to answer. Honestly, you could've lied and I'd roll with it; memories can be fabricated, and the probing process isn't like getting an all access pass to everything. I guided everyone through the process, honestly and calmly, and let you RP how you wanted it all to go. What I didn't do was force anyone into the situation, nor try and get anyone scarred or traumatised by it; I said, ICly, that refusal is 100% okay and fine, just that there
may be consequences if you do, because of course there'd be consequences. Not "you said no so you die", more "well we may have to keep you longer or interrogate you to find the answer"; I am not some representative of NG or their actions, I'm just a vortigaunt who's friendly towards them and wanted to help them out as best as I could.